This board endorses Milan Chatterjee for Graduate Students Association president. His experience in GSA as the previous director of discretionary funding and the current vice president of internal affairs will aid Chatterjee in his platform goals to improve funding for students and make the GSA website more accessible and up-to-date. Chatterjee also said he will […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Submission: Forum to Reclaim Diversity invites community to change campus climate
The results of the Moreno report and the campus climate survey have highlighted the extent to which members of the UCLA community feel marginalized in their social, academic and work environments. These reports, coupled with ongoing incidents of racism, sexism and other forms of oppression, necessitate immediate action and responsible leadership. Which begs several questions: […]
Kunal Patel: UC must support legislation that improves treatment of research animals
As a biochemistry student who has worked in research labs, one of my greatest dilemmas has been whether research conducted on animals is ethical. It is understandable why scientists test on animals – it’s the closest thing to human trials. But more importantly, scientists can attempt all sorts of experiments that range from benign nutrition […]
Submission: Greater action against sexual violence needed for safer UCLA community
To the UCLA community: As part of the first annual Faculty Day of Action on April 16, 2015, UCLA faculty and graduate students are taking a stand with survivors of sexual violence by demanding more transparency and accountability in the way our university handles Title IX cases. The U.S. Department of Education is currently investigating […]
Editorial: Luskin Center for Innovation must dissociate self from Michael Peevey
To maintain its reputation as an elite public research institution, UCLA must distance itself from former Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey, who is under federal and state investigation for bribery and obstruction of justice, among other alleged crimes. As a public institution, UCLA has an added responsibility to be transparent and accountable for its […]
Casey Kovarik: Flipped courses widen gap between students, professors
The first day I went to my Political Science 30 class this quarter, I was surprised to find that it was the only time my professor would be lecturing to us in person. Political Science 30 with Professor Kathleen Bawn is a flipped class. It’s one of the several flipped, or hybrid online, classes that […]
USAC Election Podcast Episode 1: A Year in Review
Join Radio Director Chris Campbell in a series of USAC podcasts designed as a beginner’s guide to student government happenings. This week, Chris Campbell sits down with Daily Bruin Opinion staffers Natalie Delgadillo and Aram Ghoogasian to discuss some controversial issues USAC has faced over the past year.